On Tucking In the Redemptor Dreadnought's Belly

In the post about my Redemptor Dreadnought conversion, Ferrus Manus himself contacted me from ~28k years in the future to learn more about it. Since Redemptor Dreadnoughts won't exist for another ~10k years after that, I hope I'm not creating a time paradox here!

I found a bunch of work in progress pictures on my phone, so here they are. I hope they help! Plasticard is only used as a base for the Contemptor Mortis head; that would have to look a bit different for other Dreadnought heads.

Converted Redemptor Dreadnought Done!

Finally! Lots of detail to paint on this guy.

I experimented a lot with airbrushing this time. All the reds and grey metallics are airbrushed. I didn't get it done all in one session even though I tried. The next day and with a fresh look, I noticed that some gradients weren't where I wanted them to be. I also painted the wrists/weapon bits red as an afterthought. It looks good, but it's a bit too close to having red as the dominant color. I can't think of a better color pattern though; it looked too plain otherwise, and there's only so much I can do with silver and bronze.

I'm proud with the front of the model. The fine print turned out OK, although I can't really read what I wrote on those scrolls. They're both random 6 letter Latin words I googled, but I forgot what were they. The cabling around his head turned out great, all the lights are the best I've painted, and I'm especially happy with the tiny Fleur de Lis on his left chassis plate. The crotch plate is blended gray to white to look like it's in shadow. One of the smoothest transitions I blended to date, and it's transitioning exactly where and as fast as I wanted it to.

After taking the pics I noticed that the model was a bit dusty, and I saw a few places that need to be touched up... As usual. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway! More pics.

Of course it's all magnetized and alternate weapon options are painted up:

Sad to see that my Leviathan is looking tame compared to the new Dread.

Oh and here's one behind the scenes. A pink metal ruler duck taped to the SM codex, holding the background print using magnets on the back.

Thanks for looking!

Converted Redemptor Dreadnought

This one's not a pregnought!

So there's a few things changed compared to a normal Redemptor:

• The belly is gone. Look here for some more pics about that topic.
• The casket is replaced with a Contemptor alternate head
• Extended the waist by ~4mm. Padded the space in between with various bits.
• I'll Burn You pose™
• Did I say bits? Black Templar bits everywhere.

I found some chains on Ebay to hang the sword with. It's the sword of the Templar imprisoned inside, I guess. Bass strings visually pad the empty space in his lower back. A WHFB Empire Steam Tank shield is his codpiece.

Overall, this is probably my favorite GW kit I've ever assembled. So many bits, so nicely thought out! And it's posable like no other model.

It sucks that it normally comes headless, as having a head is kinda necessary to express intent or attention at any particular thing. With just the casket, you can make the model stand as cool as you want, the model will look like it's looking at the sky and is being bored by it.

The base is a random bit of plasic I've been using to pose him. The actual base should be bigger and look better, one would hope.

Anyway, here's are all the pics! Thanks for taking a look.